![]() ![]() Those years will allow you time to plan, save and be strategic in how you want to pursue your career for the rest of your life. You will be getting paid to learn all the ends and outs of our industry. I always tell my design students some very simple advice, if you want to work for yourself one day, go work for someone else while you are young for at least 5 years. After graduating college, for 5 years I worked at a small branding studio before going out on my own. I did anything I could really, was never too proud or too tired to work. I mowed a lot of lawns, I painted houses & did construction, I worked the front desk at a gym, I waited tables, I worked retail, and was a design intern at several studios while in college. I wanted to be a zoo keeper when I was really little and helped clean animal cages at a small zoo in Independence, Kansas. While going to community college, it allowed me to continue to grow, research my goals, save money and in the end, find the right place for me which was KU right down the road.Īs for first job, I had so many random jobs growing up: I knew I wanted to be in design and illustration but the path did not seem clear to me. My first year of college I ended up going to community college. But for various reasons, that did not end up happening. Right out of high school, I thought I had to go the art school route to be successful. However, I floated around a bit before I ended up there. Yes, I attended KU for 3 years and graduated from KU which has an amazing graphic design program that I’m proud to still be a part of as an instructor in the design program. But, back to schooling…I did not just attend the University of Kansas. Not to mention has helped a lot in our current design climate that is really rewarding versatility and illustrative brand identity systems. Being able to think like a designer and illustrator has really helped me in my career. I loved both so much I wanted to focus on both. ![]() I went to the University of Kansas and received a degree in both graphic design and illustration. I will always be so thankful that we share that together, I can never thank him enough for giving me that push and ultimately sharing his passion with me. When it comes down to it, my Dad always encouraged me to draw because he liked to draw. I knew that day I wanted to be an artist (designer). I felt happy, I felt proud and I felt like I had found something that gave me a bit of purpose. It was the first time I experienced art and commerce together and it felt really good. I entered a contest to draw the season tickets for the Kansas City Chiefs and won. The earliest memory I have of really falling in love with creativity and how that could translate to a career was when I was in 3rd grade. I really do owe so much to my Dad and Hallmark for showing me that you can make a career our of art and design and to follow that passion. So many of the artist at Hallmark were my babysitters and playmates while growing up here, in Kansas City. My earliest memories of life a lot of the times was at Hallmark Cards. My father has been an artist, designer, writer and CD for them for 41 1/2 years. I have never worked at Hallmark Cards, but I literally grew up there. He currently teaches graphic design at the University of Kansas.I feel so lucky to have grow up always knowing I wanted to do something creative. Carpenter’s work has appeared in numerous publications, and he’s written and illustrated over a dozen children’s books. You may recognize his colorful and whimsical poster work for John Mayer, Bob Dylan, Radiohead, Paul McCartney, and Dave Matthews Band, to name a few. The studio handles everything from branding to strategy and design for its clients, which include Target, Coca-Cola, Macy’s, Old Navy, Conan O’Brien, Adobe, and MTV, among many others. He co-runs the design studio Carpenter Collective with his wife, Jessica. Tad Carpenter is a Missouri-based designer, illustrator, author, and teacher, known for his vibrant and playful designs. Discover how hard work and luck align in the design field in this presentation by Tad Carpenter. Carpenter will introduce you to the process behind his work and will take you behind the scenes of his most famous projects. Learn how to bring a message to life through branding, packaging, and illustrative-based design.
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